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Subarugears trans teardown after 13,000 kms
Subarugears - March 10th, 2013 at 11:08 PM

Blue V2's buggy has had the 4.1 LSD Subarugears trans installed for 18 months and 13,000kms now. It has seen street and dune use over this time - now swapped out for a 4.4 LSD Subarugears trans. This buggy is powered by a quad cam EJ25.

I thought this would be a good opportunity to tear this transmission down in front of a video camera as a 'bare it all' exercise. Also good to see how these things hold up long term.

For those of you interested and with a spare 15 mins, the video is now on my Youtube channel for all to see.

Subarugears teardown video

Luckily, all was great with the teardown. The oil was good, the insides were pristine and the ring and pinion are in super condition.


reub - March 10th, 2013 at 11:20 PM

Great work Todd. :tu:


Camo - March 11th, 2013 at 03:18 PM

Haven't watch the video yet, but must say what great customer service you are providing. Something that is very rare these days, so a big :tu:

I hopefully will speaking with you in the near future if all goes to plan with the wife ;)

Kev


pete wood - March 23rd, 2013 at 11:06 AM

Awesome stuff. Wish you guys had those available years back when I had my trans go bang.


TheMiniMan - April 17th, 2013 at 08:26 PM

Hey Todd,,, can i grab your phone number please?

i`d like to talk with you concerning the possibilities of using a subi box in my Lexus V8 poowered kombi ute if that`s cool?
cheers
Matt
0407 135 656

edit--> never fear, saw the link on the bottom of your post & went to your website :-)
that was difficult (Not) :-) :-) :-)


Smiley - April 17th, 2013 at 08:58 PM

Nice teardown video.

If you wanted those kms done in a hurry you should have put the box in my Baja! It would have only taken a couple of months!!



Smiley :)


Bone - April 17th, 2013 at 09:46 PM

Why stop with only the gearbox Smiley ! You know you want a EJ22 but you just wont say it out loud !


Smiley - April 17th, 2013 at 10:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bone
Why stop with only the gearbox Smiley ! You know you want a EJ22 but you just wont say it out loud !


I prefer something with some torque. I have plans for a nice Type IV :D



Smiley :)


Bone - April 17th, 2013 at 10:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Smiley
Quote:
Originally posted by Bone
Why stop with only the gearbox Smiley ! You know you want a EJ22 but you just wont say it out loud !


I prefer something with some torque. I have plans for a nice Type IV :D



Smiley :)
Well that settles it EJ22 ! You have got to go for a ride in a efi subi baja/buggy. Save your money and go EJ22, DONE!!


Smiley - April 17th, 2013 at 10:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bone
Quote:
Originally posted by Smiley
Quote:
Originally posted by Bone
Why stop with only the gearbox Smiley ! You know you want a EJ22 but you just wont say it out loud !


I prefer something with some torque. I have plans for a nice Type IV :D



Smiley :)
Well that settles it EJ22 ! You have got to go for a ride in a efi subi baja/buggy. Save your money and go EJ22, DONE!!


I have. And you seem to have to rev the crap out of them to go anywhere :no::no:


Smiley :)


BlueV2 - April 30th, 2013 at 01:39 PM

Smiley, you need to come for a ride in an EJ25, Subarugears 5 speed with a 4.44 R&P, certainly no shortage of torque!


vlad01 - August 15th, 2013 at 01:31 PM

stuff for suby 5 speed :spin:

http://www.ppgearbox.com.au/page.asp?categoryid=14